Role of stress thallium SPECT in detection of silent myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy [LVH]

ABSTRACT

Background: Epidemiological evidence suggests that hypertensive patients with LVH are at risk of all manifestations of CAD. Recent interest focused on symptom-free hypertensive patients with LVH, since silent myocardial ischemia [SMI] perse, comprises an increased risk for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality